Susan K Mann

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Writing Workshop – What does depression feel like to you?

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This is my entry for the lovely Josie’s Writing Workshop over at Sleep is for the Weak.
I went with the prompt “What does depression feel like to you?” I thought I would give this poetry lark another go, maybe third time a charm? Who knows?
Depression

I come up gasping for air
I feel the heavy weight push me back down
The world becomes thick and dark
My mind starts to swirl around and around
I can’t think, I can’t move
I try to look around
The darkness takes over
I cannot shake this feeling of dread
I come up gasping for air
Everything is no longer black but grey
I see some light and hold on tight

Yet my mind still swirls around and around

Check out the other entries for this week’s Writing Workshop over at Sleep is for the Weak.
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  • asamum

    That is a terrific depicition of depression. Well done 😀

  • Very powerful, a great poem. I know exactly how you feel x

  • elainescott77

    I think you have a new talent hun, great poem and you described it really well, well done 🙂 luv n hugs xx

  • Great poem. Really powerful. Isn't it terrible that there's so many of us afflicted?

  • Such beautiful words – so powerful x Another great poem twinny x

  • TheMadHouse

    Powerful words, I havent done the workship this week, to close to home

  • Excellent description of depression. Fabulous poem.

  • jfb57

    Really perfect description of how I feel when I'm being attacked by my demons. Really well written!I suffer with anxiety & hope to start an occasional series on my blog 'What Will Julia Do Next' ( http://jfb57.wordpress.com ) about depression & anxiety & the effects they have on the sufferer & those around them. I’d be delighted if you would like to contribute in anyway. Please pop over & leave me a message. My post for this Writing Workshop is entitled 'Demons'

  • Depression to me is a hollowness that absorbs me sometime and I end up beating myself up and feeling so alone.